Gold nanorods as molecular contrast agents in photoacoustic imaging: The promises and the caveats

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 389-400

  Manohar, Srirang ^a   Ungureanu, Constantin ^a   Van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Gold nanorods; Optoacoustic imaging; Photoacoustic imaging

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MACROGOL; NANOCOATING;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COVALENT BOND; LIGHT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84860197871     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.454     Document Type: Review

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